-(Defensenews 30/08) Vietnam Pushes Modernization as China Challenge Grows: As growing problems with China are forcing Hanoi to ask hard questions about its future military needs

-(Bloomberg 27/08) Australia Says South China Sea Tensions May Threaten Interests: Australia is attempting to build strategic ties with both the U.S. and Japan without alienating China, its biggest trading partner

-(SCMP 26/08) A Swift proposal: US wants coastguard agreement with China to help keep peace at sea, as many regional counterparts had expressed “great angst” over the “scale and scope” of China’s reclamation projects in the South China Sea.

-(Reuters 26/08) U.S. plans more Asia-Pacific drills to counter China reclamation: Washington's set of actions in the disputed South China Sea and East China Sea, focusing on the protection of "freedom of seas", deterring conflict and coercion, and promoting adherence to international law.

-(National Interest 26/08) Will China's Economic Collapse Save the South China Sea?: "So the silver lining in China’s economic maladies is that Asia’s new sick man is not as threatening as when he was strong."

-(Zeenews 26/08) No China role in Vietnam's area of South China sea: China has no right to interfere if India invests in the sea which falls in Vietnamese territory.

-(Military Times 26/08) Philippines seeks U.S. help to protect troops in disputed sea: Defense Minister Kevin Andrews said as he pledged to bolster the nation’s military alliance with the U.S.

-(National Interest 26/08) Dredging Under the Radar: China Expands South Sea Foothold: South China Sea today, Maritime Silk Road tomorrow.

-(Brudirect 26/08) US Pacific Fleet Commander Urged Peaceful Approach to South China Sea Conflicts: The US will continue to engage this part of the world as part of its "Look East" policy with security, which includes the "Pacific Pivot" as a top agenda.

-(Washingtonpost 25/08) China should tread carefully in the South China Sea: The big question is whether such warnings are sufficient to give China’s leaders second thoughts about the great wall of sand.

-(WSJ 25/08) Changing Tides in South China Sea: Analysts who think China’s artificial islands will not affect the U.S. are too sanguine.

-(Sputniknews  25/08) Beijing Restates Non-Acceptance of Negotiation on the South China Sea: China has said on a number of occasions that its position is based on a solid international legal basis and will not change, said in a press release.

-(Reuter 25/08) China oil rig to keep drilling in waters disputed with Vietnam: The rig's intended coordinates put it roughly 110 nautical miles east of the Vietnam coast and 72 nautical miles south of the resort city of Sanya on China's Hainan Island.

-(GlobalTimes 25/08) Beijing reiterates its opposition to South China Sea arbitration, the China’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday.

-(Eurasiareview 24/08) China’s Conflicting Signals On The South China Sea: if not confusing. Its grand plan to expand cooperative ties with countries along the OBIR initiative could be undermined by its aggressive posture on the SCS.

-(National Interest 24/08) Time for a U.S. Military Strategy to Stop China in the South China Sea: If China’s military deployments and land seizures are not checked, the rest of the region, including the U.S., will be confronted with an irreversible fait accompli.

-(Brookings 24/08) Taiwan and the South China Sea: More steps in the right direction: Taiwan has demonstrated considerable political will and flexibility in seeking to play a constructive role in the South China Sea, notwithstanding the political constraints it faces

-(Newsweek 24/08) Obama Should Confront Xi on the South China Sea, as it exacerbate security tensions and, more strikingly, make coordination difficult even on issues where the two sides share interests.

-(VOA 24/08) Philippines Eyes 'Ecotourism Zone' in Disputed S. China Sea: the tourism zone would be the best way to handle the competing claims because each of the claimants has developments among those outcroppings.

-(Efe 24/08) Shinzo Abe cancels Beijing trip over South China Sea dispute: Japanese Premier Shinzo Abe canceled plans to visit China on Sept. 3 to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping

-(WSJ 24/08) New U.S. Security Strategy Doesn’t Go Far Enough on South China Sea: It represents progress, but much work remains to defend U.S. interests and the global system, and thereby shore up its Asia-Pacific legacy.